Tourism Travel category: 1805 books
Tourism in the Middle East
Continuity, Change and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2006
This edited volume on tourism in the Middle East embodies a multi-discursive approach to the study of tourism in the region offering not only different perspectives but qualifying local knowledge and realities. The book re-examines the discourse of tourism within geopolitical contemporary regional...
Tourism and the Creative Industries
Theories, policies and practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
This book focuses on the theoretical, policy and practice linkages and disjunctures between tourism and the creative industries. There are clear and strong intersections between the sectors, for example in the development and application of new and emerging media in tourism; festivals and cultural...
by Regina Scheyvens
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organizations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to present a focused description and critique of the issues surrounding...
Alternative Tourism in Turkey
Role, Potential Development and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This book takes inventory of and evaluates the available resources for the development of alternative tourism in Turkey. It examines the role of alternative tourism in future tourism development plans and proposes public policies necessary to assure sustainability. Although tourism started later in...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Tourism is often described as an industry with high growth rates, and it is subject to radical change in how it is produced and consumed. However, there is still a relatively poor understanding of how such changes are brought about – that is, through innovation. This book is the first to provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
In this volume tourism experts collectively discuss and debate some intriguing questions that the tourism industry poses, such as the relevance of mass tourism, the dilemma of authenticity, whether small tourism is beautiful, whether volunteer tourism is benign, whether tourism contributes to climate...
Food and Agricultural Tourism
Theory and Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book fills a gap in the growing academic discipline of food and agricultural tourism, offering the first multidisciplinary approach to food tourism and the role it plays in economic development, destination marketing, and gastronomic exploration. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the...
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2017
Proceedings of the International Conference in Rome, Italy, January 24-26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
This book presents state-of-the-art research into the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism. The range of topics covered is broad, encompassing digital marketing and social media, mobile computing and web design, semantic technologies and recommender systems,...
Volcano and Geothermal Tourism
Sustainable Geo-Resources for Leisure and Recreation
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
There are over 1300 active volcanoes worldwide and many more dormant or extinct. Some are developed as tourist destinations; others are not, but have great potential. Mount Fuji in Japan attracts over 100 million visitors per year and has immense cultural and spiritual significance, while a number...
Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships
Politics, Practice and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2000
This book explores the concept, techniques and implications of establishing stakeholder collaboration in sustainable tourism. The importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in tourism planning and management is increasingly recognised. This reflects a move to less top-down, more decentralised...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
This Reader provides comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature in sports tourism. Divided into four parts, each prefaced by a substantial introduction from the editor, it presents the key themes, state of the art research and new conceptual thinking in sports tourism studies. Topics covered...
Irish Tourism
Image, Culture and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2003
For many years Ireland has been a popular tourist destination and tourism has been one of the most significant social, economic and cultural forces in Irish society. Irish Tourism: Image, Culture and Identity engages with major national and international debates on contemporary tourism through cutting-edge...
by Leonard J Lickorish, Carson L Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
An Introduction to Tourism is the essential guide to the tourism industry. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to all facets of tourism including:
the history of tourism; factors influencing the tourism industry; tourism in developing countries; sustainable tourism; forecasting...
by Alisha Ali, Andrew J. Frew
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Sustainable development is a highly topical issue and is of critical importance to tourism as the environment is of utmost importance for the continued development and prosperity of the industry. There have been numerous texts written on sustainable tourism and the measures to mitigate and manage...